Namesakes
Australian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Earle Page 1939 
Hall-of-Famers:
1 baseball, 1 football
(football) Earle "Greasy" Neale 1969
(baseball) Earle Combs 1970
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 actors
Farley Granger (a.k.a. Earle) 1925-2011
Jackie Earle Haley 1961-
Notable Writers:
1 author
Wallace Stegner (a.k.a. Earle) 1909-1993
Olympic Medalists:
1 bronze, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold
(bronze) Edwin Myers (a.k.a. Earle) 1920 pole vault
(bronze/silver) Earl Johnson (a.k.a. Earle) 1924 cross country individual; cross country team
(gold) Earle Meadows 1936 pole vault
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Wallace Stegner (a.k.a. Earle) 1972 Angle of Repose